The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-08-26
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
GladstOne's Ideas of Proclaim
ing the League.
POINTS IN BRITISH POLITICS.
Gladstone Greeted with Chears-
The Irish AID the Pressurs-Gen-
era1 News Notes.
British Politics .

LONDON, August 25.-All Psrneliitel
will return to London to -dsy, in resdi-
ness for the debate this evening. Notice
was given by Gladstone in the House
of Commons, of q resolution that q
humble address be presented to the
Queen, representing that the Viceroy
of Ireland has proclaimed the National
League q dangerous association; that
nosinformation has been furnished to
Parliament to justify the proclamation,
by virtue of which her MaJesty's sub
jects are to be rendered liable to be
punished as criminals without judicial
inquiry into the nature Of their acts,
and that this House, in the absence OF
such information, prays that said
proclamation shall not continue in force
as to the association named and de-
scribed therein.
Balfour will follow Gladstone tonight
and 81. G. o. Trevelyan will move to
adjourn the debate.
In the House of Commons, yesterday,
Sir Henry Holland, Colonial Secretary,
replying to Sir Henry Tyler, said he had
no Information that Sir ohm Mcdonald,
Canadian premier, intended to ask for
British troops for service in Manitoba,
but he was not prepared to say that
that under 40 circumstances would i'm
perial troops support the local forces.
Each case, he added, must be judged
on its merits.
The announcement was received with
applause.
LONDON, August 25.-Forty Liberal
members of Parliament held a meet
ing to-day, and resolved to support the
Irish National League, and they were
cd hot "a
purely a political one. Twenty other
Liberal members wrote letter express
ing sympathy with the purpose of the
meeting. There we're no party leaders
present,
LONDON, August 25.-Gladstone was
greeted with cheers in the House of
Commons, this evening, when he moved
his resolution. He said the Irish vice
roy, in declaring that the league had
melted to violence, must have acted on
information. But where was that in
formationP The Irish chief had right
to know the ground upon which gov
eminent had acted; if the facts were
withheld, the opposition must forth
with urge the propositions upon the
House and government. First-That
it was almost an outrage on the dignity
of Parliament TO suppose that it was to
discharge such important statutory
duty without knowing the grounds.
SecOnd-It reduced to utter destruction,
and to an absurdity, the main conten
ton that government advanced during
the discussion of the crimes act, that
the safeguard promised had proved
q farce. Third-What could the House
think of information that they must
then know would not bear the light?
Gladstone had always commended that
if government were legislating against
8 combination apart from crime,
now was the time for government to
show that he and his friends were
wrong; but government shrank from
the test and declined the challenge.
They had substituted arbitrary will for
regular legal action. This principle
was most dangerous and disgraceful in
any country, and especially IN Ire
land. The law in Ireland was
still on trial. The great misfortune
was that those who administer it, es-
pecially locally, we're in aympathy with ,
the feelings of the people. The procla-
nation OF the league is near approach
to declaration of war on the Irish
people. The people of Ireland generally
sympathlzed with the league, bec4u
they believed it had been their saliva
ton. Nobody had anything for the
tenants until the League was founded.
action absolutely ex-
cluded the house from anything except
absurd and perfunctory operation in
connection with the great duty devolv-
ing upon it under the statute. Their
FecogniZancs of this proclamation was
reduced TO mere farce. There would
be no jury, judge or resident magistrate,
and no parliament to control in
land; there would be nothing but
the absolute, unmitigated, arbi-
trary act of the Irish executive,
which was necessarily partisan. He
hoped the Irish would continue to bear
the pressure. They would not have to
suffer long,. It was certain they would
not obey the law through fear, but
from a strong, vivid, buoyant hope,
which en-at the last election was not
damaged, and which now was brighter.
policy had not the sanction of the Brit |
ish nation. The government founda-
ton was slipping from under them, and
their action in reference to the procla-
nation OF the league showed their
and feeling.
BaIfour said that Gladstone would
have been wiser had he rested the ar
gument on the allegation that the
House was ignorant of the grounds
for the proclamation, rather than
on the defense OF the league.
There was sufficient foundation to |
justify the proclamation in the columns |
Of the local papers. without going into |
governments confidential reports.
In reply to questions from Harcourt, |
Balfour refused to submit the docu- |
ments noted, and the speaker said the
secretary was not bound to table conf
Dental documents, but the case was
different with official papers.
Harcourt again asked if the papers
we're to be tabled.
BaIfour said no, the documents were
both public and confidential papers and
his own note. If the people realized
The time. nature and working of the
League they would support govern
ment.
After further remarks by Bslfour
O'Conner and Russell, the debate was |
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